{"id":4677,"date":"2011-10-25T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2011-10-25T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T16:37:16","slug":"vatican-back-stem-cell-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=4677","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Back Stem Cell Research!"},"content":{"rendered":"

To those in the mainstream media, and those not paying attention (typically because they read only the mainstream media), this might be shocking. However, as GetReligion.org points out<\/a>, it’s rather something of a yawner; the Catholic Church has always supported stem cell research. It’s just that the media conflate embryonic with adult stem cells so often, that to the casual reader it might indeed come as a surprise.<\/p>\n

Terry Mattingly has the analysis. His group blog documents how the press covers religion. I’ve put this blog in my list to keep up with, and you should too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To those in the mainstream media, and those not paying attention (typically because they read only the mainstream media), this might be shocking. However, as GetReligion.org points out, it’s rather something of a yawner; the Catholic Church has always supported stem cell research. It’s just that the media conflate embryonic with adult stem cells so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30,9,29,36,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholicism","category-christianity","category-doug","category-religion","category-science","category-stem-cells"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t